Qualla: Valle de Las Palmas https://qualla.com/valle-de-las-palmas en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:09 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/v/0/valle-de-las-palmas-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Valle de Las Palmas https://qualla.com/valle-de-las-palmas Valle de Las Palmas: Introduction https://qualla.com/valle-de-las-palmas/ Photo credit In order of image listed: Wouter, Johntex, NASA, Port of San Diego, David Dominguez, 08OceanBeach SD (Compiler), CC BY-SA 3.0. Between the sprawling border city of Tijuana and the quieter municipality of Tecate, a valley called Valle de las Palmas — Palms Valley — sits on Mexican Federal Highway 3 at 925 feet above sea level. In 2010 it held 1,860 people. On paper, in the plans of Mexican federal agencies and international development banks, it is meant to hold a million.

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/v/0/valle-de-las-palmas-wp/9mv0-valle-de-las-palmas-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Valle de Las Palmas: Where the Valley Sits https://qualla.com/valle-de-las-palmas/ Photo credit In order of image listed: Wouter, Johntex, NASA, Port of San Diego, David Dominguez, 08OceanBeach SD (Compiler), CC BY-SA 3.0. Valle de las Palmas occupies ground between two small hamlets — Espuela and Seco — in an area that straddles the municipalities of Tijuana and Tecate. The valley floor grows olives and grapes, with livestock farms for cattle, pigs, and poultry scattered through the surrounding hi...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/v/0/valle-de-las-palmas-wp/9mv0-valle-de-las-palmas-where-the-valley-sits.mp3 0:06 2 full Valle de Las Palmas: The Plan for a Million People https://qualla.com/valle-de-las-palmas/ Photo credit In order of image listed: Wouter, Johntex, NASA, Port of San Diego, David Dominguez, 08OceanBeach SD (Compiler), CC BY-SA 3.0. In the years following 2010, the Mexican federal government, the state of Baja California, the land developer and homebuilder Urbi, and the national infrastructure bank Banobras joined forces to develop a project called Valle San Pedro in the valley. The initiative was certified ...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/v/0/valle-de-las-palmas-wp/9mv0-valle-de-las-palmas-the-plan-for-a-million-people.mp3 0:06 3 full Valle de Las Palmas: Getting There https://qualla.com/valle-de-las-palmas/ Photo credit In order of image listed: Wouter, Johntex, NASA, Port of San Diego, David Dominguez, 08OceanBeach SD (Compiler), CC BY-SA 3.0. Highway 3 runs through Valle de las Palmas north from Ensenada, and the valley sits south of Tecate on the toll road connecting Tijuana to Mexicali. There is also an older, toll-free two-lane road through the same corridor. Air access has been more complicated. Tecate has an air...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/v/0/valle-de-las-palmas-wp/9mv0-valle-de-las-palmas-getting-there.mp3 0:06 4 full Valle de Las Palmas: A Valley in Transition https://qualla.com/valle-de-las-palmas/ Photo credit In order of image listed: Wouter, Johntex, NASA, Port of San Diego, David Dominguez, 08OceanBeach SD (Compiler), CC BY-SA 3.0. What Valle de las Palmas will look like in 2030 — or whether it will look like the plans at all — remains to be seen. Large planned cities have a mixed record. They tend to grow more slowly than their projections, in different shapes than their maps, and they sometimes stall enti...

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